Karin Östergren

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Karin Östergren is a scholar working on Food Science, Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Karin Östergren has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Food Science, 20 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 8 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Karin Östergren's work include Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability (15 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (7 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (6 papers). Karin Östergren is often cited by papers focused on Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability (15 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (7 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (6 papers). Karin Östergren collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Austria and Italy. Karin Östergren's co-authors include Mattias Nilsson, Gun Trägårdh, Clementine O’Connor, Åsa Stenmarck, Gang Liu, Li Xue, Shengkui Cheng, Christian Trägårdh, Erica van Herpen and Xiaojie Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Journal of Cleaner Production and Chemical Engineering Journal.

In The Last Decade

Karin Östergren

58 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Missing Food, Missing Data? A Critical Review of Global F... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Missing Food, Missing Data? A Critical Review of Global Food Losses and Food Waste Data
    2017 490 citations Li Xue, Gang Liu et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karin Östergren Sweden 24 1.1k 523 501 334 280 60 2.1k
Adriana Laca Spain 27 466 0.4× 599 1.1× 482 1.0× 305 0.9× 318 1.1× 87 2.5k
Jenny Gustavsson Sweden 9 663 0.6× 324 0.6× 144 0.3× 241 0.7× 103 0.4× 13 1.4k
Carla Caldeira Italy 20 729 0.7× 345 0.7× 277 0.6× 235 0.7× 37 0.1× 33 1.6k
Ting Chen China 29 443 0.4× 468 0.9× 515 1.0× 178 0.5× 312 1.1× 85 2.3k
Takeo Shiina Japan 29 953 0.9× 100 0.2× 610 1.2× 998 3.0× 544 1.9× 125 3.6k
G. K. Moates United Kingdom 21 1.4k 1.2× 433 0.8× 314 0.6× 780 2.3× 33 0.1× 40 2.6k
Dimitris Malamis Greece 25 300 0.3× 502 1.0× 654 1.3× 88 0.3× 233 0.8× 78 1.8k
Prakash Kumar Sarangi India 26 355 0.3× 186 0.4× 741 1.5× 270 0.8× 187 0.7× 115 2.4k
Taghi Miri United Kingdom 25 503 0.4× 109 0.2× 328 0.7× 172 0.5× 188 0.7× 80 2.1k
Valérie Guillard France 33 1.1k 1.0× 127 0.2× 497 1.0× 511 1.5× 52 0.2× 139 3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Karin Östergren

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karin Östergren

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Karin Östergren. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Karin Östergren. The network helps show where Karin Östergren may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karin Östergren

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Karin Östergren. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Karin Östergren based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Karin Östergren. Karin Östergren is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Östergren, Karin, et al.. (2025). Beyond the fields: Unravelling the social consequences of green pea protein production from a Swedish perspective. Cleaner and Responsible Consumption. 19. 100361–100361.
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Rad, Mansoureh Norouzi, Karin Östergren, Juan Carlos Laso Bayas, et al.. (2025). Recognizing complexity in agricultural innovation: Advancing responsible scaling using the Rapid Scaling Tool in Intermediate Value Chains. Journal of Rural Studies. 117. 103689–103689.
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Xue, Li, Zhi Cao, Silvia Scherhaufer, et al.. (2020). Mapping the EU tomato supply chain from farm to fork for greenhouse gas emission mitigation strategies. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 25(2). 377–389. 16 indexed citations
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Östergren, Karin, et al.. (2020). Implementering och resultat av Göteborgsmodellen för mindre matsvinn. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Corrado, Sara, Carla Caldeira, Mattias Eriksson, et al.. (2019). Food waste accounting methodologies: Challenges, opportunities, and further advancements. Global Food Security. 20. 93–100. 159 indexed citations
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Xue, Li, Sebastian Gollnow, Jennifer Davis, et al.. (2019). Efficiency and Carbon Footprint of the German Meat Supply Chain. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(9). 5133–5142. 43 indexed citations
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Canali, Massimo, L.H. Aramyan, G. K. Moates, et al.. (2016). Food Waste Drivers in Europe, from Identification to Possible Interventions. Sustainability. 9(1). 37–37. 175 indexed citations
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Amani, Pegah, et al.. (2015). Green-Lean Synergy - Root-Cause Analysis in Food Waste Prevention. International journal on food system dynamics. 6(2). 99–109. 15 indexed citations
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Johansson, Björn, et al.. (2008). Discrete Event Simulation with Lifecycle Assessment Data at a Juice Manufacturing System. Chalmers Publication Library (Chalmers University of Technology). 15 indexed citations
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Berlin, Johanna, et al.. (2007). A dynamic simulation tool for a productive and environmental efficient food production. Chalmers Research (Chalmers University of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Berlin, Johanna, et al.. (2007). A dynamic simulation tool for a productive and environmentally efficient food production. Chalmers Publication Library (Chalmers University of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Östergren, Karin, et al.. (2006). CFD simulation and ERT visualization of the displacement of yoghurt by water on industrial scale. Journal of Food Engineering. 80(1). 166–175. 32 indexed citations
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Nilsson, Mattias, Gun Trägårdh, & Karin Östergren. (2006). The influence of sodium chloride on mass transfer in a polyamide nanofiltration membrane at elevated temperatures. Journal of Membrane Science. 280(1-2). 928–936. 47 indexed citations
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Östergren, Karin, et al.. (2005). Sensor fusion as a tool to monitor dynamic dairy processes. Journal of Food Engineering. 76(2). 154–162. 6 indexed citations
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Delaney, Bryan, et al.. (2003). Evaluation of the toxicity of concentrated barley β-glucan in a 28-day feeding study in Wistar rats. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 41(4). 477–487. 38 indexed citations
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Moghaddas, Jafarsadegh, C. Trägårdh, T. Kovács, & Karin Östergren. (2002). A new method for measuring concentration of a fluorescent tracer in bubbly gas–liquid flows. Experiments in Fluids. 32(6). 728–729. 9 indexed citations
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Maneval, James E., et al.. (2002). Mechanical Deformation of Compressible Chromatographic Columns. Biotechnology Progress. 18(3). 587–596. 16 indexed citations
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Östergren, Karin, et al.. (2000). One-dimensional syneresis of rennet-induced gels. International Dairy Journal. 10(12). 829–834. 18 indexed citations
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Bjellqvist, Bengt, et al.. (1988). Moving and stationary boundaries in immobilized pH gradients. Electrophoresis. 9(9). 453–463. 9 indexed citations
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Östergren, Karin, et al.. (1988). The influence of the support material used on band sharpness in Immobiline gels. Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods. 16(2-3). 165–170. 4 indexed citations

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